Aerophilately & Flight Covers continued...
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Estimate in AU$'s |
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 1928-31 Bert Hinkler Flights balance of collection with a marvellous press photo of Hinkler refuelling his plane at a petrol
bowser, two small photos & three second-generation press photos, six soiled PPCs from England sent under cover each signed "Bert", 17.2.1928 Indian postcard with spelling error 'Hinckler' Calcutta-Rangoon, 29.2.1928 page from English 'Punch' of
Kangaroo Waving the Aussie Flag as Hinkler Soars Overhead, Suttons Music (Melb) PPC-size trade card for the Hinkler song 'We're Going Up', 1928 'The Epic of Bert Hinkler The Homing Bird of Bundaberg' (a bit aged), programmes for honouring dinners x3
or theatre performance, and modern souvenirs, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Charles Kingsford Smith Flights 1928 (Sep 10) First West-East Crossing of the Tasman per 'Southern Cross' AAMC 124, to
Wellington with New Zealand Admiral 1d tied by 'CHRISTCHURCH/11SP28 5.10P/NZ' arrival cds and signed "CKingsford Smith" & "CTP Ulm", light spotting & repaired opening-tear across the flap, Cat $5500. The AAMC states this was an "official" mail of 15
covers. We doubt if that was the case. Superior to Nelson Eustis' example - four signatures but multiple creases - that sold in 2008 for $5825 & again in 2019 for $4180. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Charles Kingsford Smith Flights 1928 (Oct 13) First East-West Crossing of the Tasman per 'Southern Cross' AAMC 126, to NSW
with New Zealand Victory 1d tied by 'BLENHEIM/13OC28/NZ' cds and Australia 1½d tied by 'RICHMOND/14OC28/NSW' cds, signed "CKingsford Smith" & "TH McWilliams" (the Kiwi radio officer), small repaired tear at the top, minor damage from water-staining,
Cat $4250. The AAMC states that 16 covers were flown. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Charles Kingsford Smith Flights 1958 Trans-Tasman Commemoration original photographs of three design concepts for a 6d
value executed in India ink & China white all inscribed 'NEW ZEALAND' (137x223mm or slightly larger), each with '3 DEC 1957' cachet in violet on the reverse & endorsed "The sole property of Reg Ferguson", also two smaller versions of the accepted
design, one of them stamp-size. Designs all attributed to Brisbane designer James E Lyle and the stamps for both countries were printed by the CBA Note Printing Branch in Melbourne. Ex Derick Ray and Margaret Noack. [Note the printed catalogue
incorrectly implies that the stamps were issued in 1957]
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Charles Kingsford Smith Flights 1931 anonymous illustrated cover (210x134mm) with an image of Charles Kingsford Smith & the
'Southern Cross' plane plus a list of his 1927-30 record flights, maps of Australia, England & USA and pre-printed "LF Allen, Poste Restante, GPO NSW" address, with 2d 3d & 6d plus 3d Airmail tied by largely very fine 'REGISTERED/2/18MR31/MELBOURNE'
cds with red/white 'Bulk Reg. Melb' R label alongside, flown by Kingsford Smith in the 'Southern Moon' to Sydney AAMC #180 with large oval cachet in violet on the face, Sydney arrival backstamp of '19MR31', Cat $325 (postmarked 19.3.1931). The stamps
were officially issued on 19.3.1931. The ACSC states "A first day cover is known postmarked 18 March 1931 at Elizabeth Street, Melbourne". Superior to the similar cover sold at our auction of 6.12.2023 for $384 (Sale 254 Lot 3155). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Charles Kingsford Smith Flights 1933 (Jan 11) Second West-East Crossing of the Tasman per 'Southern Cross' endorsed at
upper-left "Per favor SE Neilson/on flight across Tasman..." to his brother in Invercargill with KGV 2d & NZ Admiral 1d tied by very fine 'NEW PLYMOUTH/12JA33/NZ' cds, signed on the reverse by all four of the crew and "S Neilson", disrespected &
soiled, AAMC 295c, 10 carried, Cat $1750. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Charles Kingsford Smith Flights 1933 (Jan 11) Second West-East Crossing of the Tasman per 'Southern Cross' signed on the
reverse by all four of the crew and the paying passenger "SE Neilson", Kingsford Smith 2d affixed but uncancelled, minor aging, AAMC 295c, 10 carried, Cat $1750. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Charles Kingsford Smith Flights 1933 (Oct) England-Australia per Charles Kingsford Smith in 'Miss Southern Cross' with huge
map cachet in violet, Kingsford Smith 2d cancelled on arrival with 'MASCOT/ 14OC33/NSW' cds, very minor blemishes, AAMC 332, 20 carried, Cat $1750.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Charles Kingsford Smith Flights 1934 (Jan 13) Third West-East Crossing of the Tasman per 'Southern Cross' with KGV 2d tied
by superb 'NEWTOWN/12JA34/NSW' cds, NZ Admiral 1d by 'NEW PLYMOUTH/15JA34/NZ' & KGV 2d by Sydney arrival cds of '21JA34', signed on the face "CKingsford Smith", as AAMC 350 but no return flight is noted. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Charles Kingsford Smith Flights 1935 (July 18) Sydney-Richmond NSW per 'Southern Cross' with perforated silver Map label at
upper-left & Jubilee 2d tied by arrival cds, signed on the face "CKingsford Smith", AAMC 514, Cat $650. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Charles Kingsford Smith Flights 1935 (Oct-Nov) First Trans-Pacific Flight Australia-America per 'Lady Southern Cross' large
illustrated cover (305x255mm) with printed 'Twelve/impressions/only./Plate/ destroyed.', Bridge 3d overprinted 'OS' tied by Brisbane cds, Fiji KGV 3d tied by Suva cds & USA Wings 6c tied by 'HONOLULU/.HAWAII' cds, 'LOS ANGELES/NOV5/CALIF - 1934'
arrival backstamp, self-addressed by "Jack Percival" also signed on the face "CKingsford Smith" & "PG Taylor" AAMC 514, a few tiny blemishes but unfolded and remarkably fine for such an oversized cover, Cat $3250+. The ACSC comments on the 12 large
covers but doesn't give them a separate entry or price. Gordon Rodger's similar but unsigned cover sold in 2007 for $3220 (Sale 125 Lot 839).
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Estimate AU$2,000
Currently Opening at...AU$1,500.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1928-35 Hubert Wilkins collection mostly on display pages mainly commemorative covers regarding his aeroplane & submarine exploits
in the Arctic Regions but also including a few related to the Falkland Islands & American Bases in Antarctica, many signed "Hubert Wilklns" including 1935 Australian Last Flight of the 'Southern Cross' with silver label also signed "CKingsford
Smith", plus about 10 large press photographs, several letters also signed by him, 1929 German cover per 'Graf Zeppelin' with cachet in rosine advising of the trip being aborted (Wilkins was an official observer on the flight), 1931 Submarine
Expedition illustrated radiogram (unused), etc, generally fine to very fine.
Sir George Hubert Wilkins is one of Australia's most anonymous super-heroes. War correspondent & photographer, horseman, polar explorer, naturalist, geographer & aviator, his life should have spawned multiple Hollywood blockbusters, or at least an
ABC (Hobart) series.
NB: Our client Richard Hindle has kindly provided clarifications in respect of this lot: see our final online image. (100 approx)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1929-37 South Australian Flights mostly intermediates including 1929 Adelaide-Perth x21 plus two photos of the plane at Ceduna &
tiny mailbag (toned) with the enclosed photos; 3.12.1929 with superb 'BY AIR via KYANCUTTA/...' cachet & 3 mint labels in different colours; 1934 Last Flight of 'Viastra' x2; 1934 Adelaide-Cowell x19; 1935 Adelaide-Kangaroo Island x3; 1937
Adelaide-Kangaroo Island x2 (one with damaged 'Bradman' label), etc, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1931-36 Francis Chichester Flights 1931 (July) Australia-Japan two covers with Australian stamps, the first addressed to himself as
"Mr A.I.R. Mail" in Sydney with Sydney cds; the other from Thursday Island to "Kobe/Japan"; the reverse of each with the huge flight cachet numbered "100" & "15" respectively & signed "Francis C Chichester", 'MANILA/JUL24/1931/PI' machine &
Japanese-language arrival cds AAMC 210, Cat $1050. Chichester was the first aviator to fly between Australia & Japan. The flight to Japan took six weeks. On 15.8.1931, he crashed soon after departing Kaatsura for Tokyo and the flight was abandoned.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1931-36 Francis Chichester Flights 1931 (July) Australia-Japan cover with KGV 2d tied by superb 'THURSDAY ISLAND/ 2
/7JL31/QUEENSLAND' cds, the reverse with the huge flight cachet numbered "19" & signed "Francis C Chichester", 'MANILA/JUL24/1931/PI' machine, Japanese-language arrival cds & 'CENTRAL CONCORD/ 7JE32/NSW' arrival cds AAMC 210, Cat $525. The
accompanying letter headed ".../England/Ap 12 32" & signed "FCC" states "I enclose your letters which I dare say you despaired of ever seeing again...let me know what you consider..[the] letters are worth...I am not prepared to let go any of [mine]
under a fiver" (ie £5). Also the defective envelope in which the batch arrived from England. HW Kennedy must therefore have taken them to the post office to have them backstamped.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1931-36 Francis Chichester Flights 1931 (July) Australia-Japan with Philippines 16c tied by light 'MATI DAVAO' cancel & with Manila
arrival backstamp of 'JUL17/1931', no flight cachet but signed at the base "Francis Chichester", unlisted in the AAMC; similar from Mati to Iloilo with backstamp of 'JUL/19/1931' and largely superb flight cachet in violet AAMC 211; and (July 24) two
covers to "Petropaulovski/USSR" (blemishes) or "Reykjavik Iceland" (superb) each with huge cachet on the face & signed by the pilot ACSC 212; Cat $1350 plus a premium for the unlisted cover.
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Estimate AU$350
Currently Opening at...AU$270.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1931-36 Francis Chichester Flights 1936 (June to Oct) long cover (355x130mm) cover from Sydney to London with stamps & appropriate
cancels of 11 intermediate points including '.../DON MUANG' Thailand, 'THAKHEK/LAOS', 'SIMLA' (India), Bushire Iran and 'BAGHDAD AR-RASHID' (Iraq) plus GB KEVIII ½d & 1d with London arrival cds of '14OC/36', endorsed "Carried by air on 21,000 miles
flight...Francis Chichester pilot", central fold clear of the stamps. AAMC 612, Cat $1200. The ultimate in combination frankings.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1932 (Mar 24) cover to Germany flown by New England Airways to Sydney then by sea to San Francisco, by air to New York, then per
'Scnelldampfer Europa und Katapultbeforderung nach Hamburg" with combination franking of Australian 1d & 3d x2 and United States Airs 5c & 10c all tied by 'BRISBANE/ QUEENSLAND' cds, superb 'FERRY STATION' cachet on the reverse for the transfer from
San Francisco Airport across the bay to Oakland Airport, German 'Mit Luftpost/befordert/Postamt 1 Hannover' cachet in rosine. 'Tillie Mitchells' similar cover sold at our auction of 25.3.2021 for $448 (Sale 243 Lot 369). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1932 (Dec 12) Wakefield & Co Castrol XXL Oil illustrated envelope (226x150mm) with logo of the Bertram-Allan Junkers Atlantis
Expedition to Germany AAMC 242 with Australia Airmail 3d green tied by 'DARWIN NT/12DE32/AUSTRALIA' cds with 'DARWIN, N.T.' cachet on the face, Netherlands Indies Airmails 10c violet tied by Soerabaja '13.12.32' cds and another by '10.4.33' cds, and
Germany Airmail Eagle 10pf red tied by 'BERLIN/17.4.33/ ZENTRALFLUGHAFEN' cds, unaddressed, vertical fold at right not affecting the stamps or markings & a couple of minor blemishes, Cat $1750. A very fine example sold at our auction of 28.1.2005 for
$1495 (Sale 113 Lot 332). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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 1932-37 Mrs Lores Bonney Flights 1932 (Aug) Around Australia with typed endorsement & signed on the reverse "Mrs Harry Bonney",
Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d cancelled on arrival with 'BRISBANE/ 4OC32/QUEENSLAND' cds AAMC 277, 20 carried; also intermediates Darwin-Adelaide, Perth-Kalgoorlie, Perth-Adelaide, Melbourne-Wangaratta and Wangaratta-Sydney AAMC 278 each signed on the
reverse; and Melbourne-Brisbane signed on the face; Cat $4200. Dolores Bonney was the first woman to fly around the continent.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
